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Medregal (SS-480) (AGSS-480)

Radio Call Sign: November - Yankee - Echo - Alpha

Tench Class Submarine: Laid down, 21 August 1944, at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.; Launched, 15 December 1944; Commissioned USS Medregal (SS-480), 14 April 1945; Converted to a snorkel-type submarine at Charleston, SC, March to November 1952; Reclassified (AGSS-480), 30 June 1967; Reclassified (SS-480) in 1969; Decommissioned, and struck from the Naval Register, 1 August 1970; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping 13 July 1972 to Nicolai Joffe Co., Beverly Hills, CA for $ 83,710.00 & scrapped in San Pedro, CA.
Partial data submitted by Ron Reeves, HTC, USNR (ret.)

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,570 t., Submerged: 2,414 t.; Length 311' 8"; Beam 27' 4"; Draft 15' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20.25 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Cruising Range, 11,000 miles surfaced at 10kts; Submerged Endurance, 48 hours at 2kts; Operating Depth, 400 ft; Complement 7 Officers 69 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, six forward, four aft, 24 torpedoes, one 5"/25 deck gun, two 20mm guns, two .30 cal. machine guns; Patrol Endurance 75 days; Propulsion, diesel-electric reduction gear with four Fairbanks Morse main generator engines, 5,400HP, Fuel Capacity, 113,510 gal., two Elliot Motor Co. main motors with 2,740HP, two 126-cell main storage batteries, two propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
16k	Commemorative postal cover on the occasion of Medregal's (SS-480) launching, 15 December 1944 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
26k	Commemorative launch day badge from Medregal's (SS-480) launching, 15 December 1944.	Courtesy of James A Munroe in remembrance of his father Raymond L. Munroe Sr. who worked at the yard during WW II and the Korean wars as a chauffeur.
51k	Because there is no number painted on her hull, this photo of the Medregal (SS-480) is probably circa WW II.	USN photo.
83k	Medregal (SS-480), Clamagore (SS-343) & Cubera (SS-347), at Key West in 1948.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
160k	The Medregal (SS-480) was overhauled at the Charleston Shipyard in 1952. The overhaul was completed three weeks ahead of schedlule despite the addition of a Snorkle system.	USN photo courtesy of Robert Hall.
184k	Submarine races between the Medregal (SS-480) & the Marlin (SST-2), circa mid 1950's.	Courtesy of John Hummel.
156k	Medregal (SS-480) underway, Pacific Ocean, 1961.	US Navy photo from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, courtesy of Joe Radigan, MACM, USN Ret.
71k	Starboard side view of the Medregal (SS-480) underway, circa 1960's.	US Navy photo courtesy of Robert Hurst. Photo added 03/04/07.
138k	Plaice (SS-390) & Medregal (SS-480) at Mare Island, Calif., circa early 1960's.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org.
63k	Medregal (SS-480) underway, Pacific Ocean,.	US Navy photo from ussmedregalss480.homestead.com
101k	Medregal (SS-480) decommissioning ceremony, 1 August 1970.	US Navy photo from ussmedregalss480.homestead.com
430k	Seven inactive submarines at Mare Island on 30 April 1971. Left to right: Cusk (SS-348), Rock (SS-274), Bashaw (SS-241), Spinax (SSR-489), Pomodon (SS-486), Medregal (SS-480), and Diodon (SS-349). Photo by Ted Stone and negative given to the shipyard in 1995.	USN photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.

View the Medregal (SS / AGSS-480)
DANFS history entry located on the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site.

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Medregal SS-480
Tench Class Submarines
Full Fathom Five, U.S. Submarine War Against Japan

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